Found 1 hit - Term: ship in ballast, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ballast \bal"last\ ba^l"last, n. d. ballast; akin to dan.
baglast, ballast, osw. barlast, sw. ballast. the first part
is perh. the same word as e. bare, adj.; the second is last a
burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. see
bare, a., and last load.
1. naut. any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put
into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a
depth as to prevent capsizing.
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2. any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it
steadiness.
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3. gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad
to make it firm and solid.
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4. the larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in
making concrete.
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5. fig.: that which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness,
steadiness, and security.
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it piety is the right ballast of prosperity.
--barrow.
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ballast engine, a steam engine used in excavating and for
digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast.
ship in ballast, a ship carrying only ballast.
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see also:
bare last ballast engine ship in ballast
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Ballast, definition of term: Ballast
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